Etymologies

Middle English tramplen, frequentative of trampen, to tramp; see tramp.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

tramp +‎ -le (frequentative). (Wiktionary)

Examples

Lisa Madigan, who is the political combine's best hope in 2010 to keep the cycle of old-style politics going, takes money from lobbyists and cronies as she works as the state's chief legal officer and says the reason she has knowingly ignored the violation of state laws by her fellow politicians is because she might "trample" on what the Feds "might do someday."

They collect crowds to fill theatres, and there they introduce choirs of harlots and prostituted children, yea such as trample on nature herself; and they make the whole people sit on high, and so they captivate their city; so they crown these mighty kings whom they are perpetually admiring for their trophies and victories.

Elaborate security arrangements are being made in view of the two-day 'shutdown' called by banned CPI (Maoist) in Bihar from October 12 against Centre's move to "trample" its agitation with application of